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Ebooks are available from Aboriginal Studies Press and its authorised resellers. These searchable PDFs and ePub files which can be downloaded onto a personal computer or hand-held devices.
This allows ASP to make our books accessible to a wider readership, as well as meeting the needs of libraries. It also allows us to make titles previously out-of-print books available again. We use the limited preview function of Google Books for titles which are available whenever possible.
Readers can purchase our ebooks online at the Australian-based www.ebooks.com (type the book’s title into ‘search’) or access the book via their eBooks Library (www.ebl.com). In addition some titles form part of RMIT’s Informit indexed databases as well as their e-Library offerings www.informit.com.au, and Independant Publishers Group.
Current e-book list:
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The 1967 Referendum: Race, power and the Australian Constitution The 1967 Referendum explores the legal and political significance of the referendum and the long struggle by black and white Australians for constitutional change. |
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Aboriginal Health: An annotated bibliography When addressing the health disadvantages experienced by Aborigines, this bibliography will assist the efforts of politicians and health planners by providing annotated references to the most significant material published since 1970. |
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Aboriginal Self-Determination in Australia This volume represents the proceedings of a conference celebrating the International Year for the World's Indigenous Peoples, held in Townsville, Queensland, in 1993. |
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Aboriginal Suicide is Different: A portrait of Life and Self Destruction Aboriginal Suicide is Different is a study of youth who have, or feel they have, no purpose in life — or who may be seeking freedom in death. It is a portrait of life, and of self-destruction, by young Australian Aboriginal men and women. |
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Addictions and Healing in Aboriginal Country Addictions and Healing in Aboriginal Country establishes a framework for understanding the issues pertinent to Indigenous addictions to alcohol, gunga and gambling and its after-math in one community, Big River (a fictitious name for a real community). |
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An Appreciation of Difference: WEH Stanner and Aboriginal Australia Hinkson and Beckett have drawn together some of Australia’s leading academics working in Aboriginal studies to provide an historical and analytical context for Stanner’s work, as well as demonstrating the continuing relevance of his writings in the contested field of Aboriginal affairs. |
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Auntie Rita Rita Huggins told her memories to her daughter Jackie, and some of their conversation is in this book. We witness their intimacy, their similarities and their differences, the 'fighting with their tongues'. Two voices, two views on a shared life. |
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Back on The Block: Bill Simon’s Story The first insiders's view of Kinchela Aboriginal Boy's Home, and an important insight into the brutality of the NSW government's policy of assimilation. — Dr Gordon Briscoe |
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This volume brings together results of research by anthropologists on the social life of people who used to be labelled 'part-Aborigines' or 'urban Aborigines'. |
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Belonging Together:
Dealing with the politics of disenchantment in Australian Indigenous
Policy Belonging Together provides a unique overview of the trajectory of current Indigenous policy, with Sullivan advancing a new consolidated approach to Indigenous policy which moves beyond the debate over self-determination and assimilation. |
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A Bend in the Yarra: A history of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School 1841–1851 The Yarra Bend Park marks one of the most important post-contact places in the Melbourne metropolitan area, and is of great significance to Victorian Aboriginal people, particularly the Wurundjeri Aboriginal community. |
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The Black Diggers: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in the Second World War This explores the war effort of Aboriginal and Islander Australians during the Second World War and the reasons their contribution has gone unrecognised for so long. |
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Black Mary is a play telling the story of Aboriginal bushranger Mary Ann and her partner, Captain Thunderbolt, roaming northwestern New South Wales in the mid-nineteenth century. |
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Bringing to Light: A history of ethnographic filmmaking at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Studies This book is an act of bringing to light a history that was gradually becoming mythologised, in part because the ethnographic films of the past are now rarely seen. |
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Born of the Conquerors: Selected essays by Judith Wright One of Australia's best known poets, Judith Wright, brings together for the first time a selection of twenty-one essays. Her messages about our need to preserve Aboriginal culture and care for the land run through them all. |
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Buying Back the Land: Organisational Struggle and the Aboriginal Land Fund Commission This book analyses administrative struggle and resistance, from the late 1960s through to the present day, in land purchases for Aboriginal communities. |
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Compromised Jurisprudence: Native title cases since Mabo, 2nd Edition The work of a gifted legal scholar and writer, the book contains many valuable lessons and insights that Indigenous rights advocates around the world will be able to utilise in their own legal efforts aimed at decolonisation of Indigenous peoples under both domestic and international law. — Robert A. Williams, Jr. |
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Connections: Essays on black literatures A collection of eight essays presented at the International Conference on Black Literatures at the University of Queensland in 1986. |
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Counting Health and Identity: A history of Aboriginal Health and demography in Western Australia and Queensland, 1900-1940 Investigates Indigenous and colonist thinking in demographic dilemmas in Western Australia and Queensland, from 1900 to 1940. |
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Dhuuluu-Yala: To Talk Straight Dhuuluu-Yala is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning ‘to talk straight’ and this book is straight talk about publishing Indigenous literature in Australia. It also includes broader issues that writers need to consider: engaging with readers and reviewers. |
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Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in love with your country The author’s greatest strength is his construction of a narrative comparing contemporary Australian politics, culture and identity with the formative years of contact histories. — Steve Kinnane |
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Dialogue about Land Justice: Papers from the national Native Title Conferences My family and I are proud that so many respected leaders have spoken with such passion and insight over the past ten years…These men and women do justice to the legacy of Eddie’s fight for title to his land, the land of the Mer people. — Mrs Bonita Mabo |
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Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the Disciplines Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the Disciplines provides an alternative reading for those struggling at the contradictory and ambiguous intersections of academia and Indigenous experience. |
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Doreen Kartinyeri: My Ngarrindjeri Calling I am reminded of Angela’s Ashes…powerful stuff. — Dr Richard Davis, University of Western Australia A woman of strength who challenged the impossible: revealing the validity of an ancient truth. — Jackie Huggins, University of Queensland |
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Fighters from the Fringe: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders recall the Second World War Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served their country during the Second World War and this book focuses on the experiences of six. |
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Footprints along the Cape York sandbeaches Nonie Sharp documents the history of the seafaring Aboriginal people of Northern Cape York Peninsula and the Kaurareg people of the Prince of Wales group of islands. |
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From the centre to the city: Aboriginal education, culture and power In this volume of essays, Kevin Keefe describes, analyses and criticises the meaning and place of Aboriginal culture in the Australian school curriculum. |
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Going it Alone: Prospects for Aboriginal autonomy This collection of essays in honour of leading anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt has as its central theme Aboriginal autonomy, and includes biographical information about the Berndts and a select bibliography of their work. |
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Heavy Metal: The Social Meaning of Petrol Sniffing in Australia In an attempt to go beyond current explanations of Aboriginal drug abuse, which stereotype these people as 'victims', Brady focuses on understanding the users' subjective decisions to engage in this behaviour. |
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Holding Men: Kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men In an attempt to go beyond current explanations of Aboriginal drug abuse, which stereotype these people as 'victims', Brady focuses on understanding the users' subjective decisions to engage in this behaviour. |
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Indifferent Inclusion: Aboringial People and the Australian Nation McGregor offers a holistic interpretation of the complex relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians during the middle four decades of the twentieth century.
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Indigenous People and Governance Structures: A comparative analysis of Land and resource managementnrights This book examines the policies and practices of various regimes of governance on Aboriginal land and the management of native title areas. |
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Joan Martin (Yaarna): A Widi Woman Joan’s stories reveal interconnected themes: visiting family, teaching bush lore to her children, passing on Dreaming stories, celebrating culture through her art, along with conflicts with mining companies and white bureaucracies.
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Kamilaroi and Kurnai: An analysis of Aboriginal social structure Kamilaroi and Kurnai is of particular relevance to Koories of Kurnai descent and to all students of Aboriginal anthropology and history. |
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Landscapes of Indigenous Performance: Music, song and dance of the Torres Strait and Arnhem Land Landscapes of Indigenous Performance brings together a wide range of contemporary explorations of Indigenous music and dance in the Torres Strait and the tropical regions of the Northern Territory. |
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Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia offers answers to these questions by providing a series of studies of aspects of language and culture in different parts of Aboriginal Australia. |
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Life B'long Ali Drummond: A life in the Torres Strait Family is one of the most important things in Sam Faulkner’s life. Ali Drummond is Sam Faulkner's grandfather, and this is his story. |
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A Man of All Tribes: The life of Alick Jackomos Alick Jackomos was the son of Greek migrant parents, born in Collingwood, and growing up during the Great Depression. His is a remarkable life that recaptures stories of diverse communities and ways of life now vanished from sight. |
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A Matter of Life and Death: Contemporary Aboriginal mortality Based on papers presented to the 1989 National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health workshop, this report is an up-to-date and comprehensive review of Aboriginal mortality. |
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Murray River Country: An ecological dialogue with traditional owners Weir’s originality is innovative and inspirational. She captures the MRC Indigenous people’s holistic approach in reading the ecological statements of managing water and the benefits of this for everyone and the MRC’s ecology. — Dr Payi-Linda Ford |
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Mutton Fish: The surviving culture of Aboriginal people and abalone on the south coast of NSW Mutton fish, or abalone, is a subsistence food — easy to find and harvest, extremely rich in energy and accessible for as long as the beaches are freely open to all. |
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The Native Tribes of South East Australia A facsimile edition of a classic anthropological work as it was published in 1904. |
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No Ordinary Judgement This is the inside story of the Mabo case, a unique court drama where rights and interests previously unknown to Anglo-Australian law came to be recognised by the High Court of Australia. |
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One Law for All?: Aboriginal people and criminal law in early South Australia In the planned colony of South Australia, Aboriginal people were to be British subjects, accountable to English law, but fully entitled to its protection. However, the dreams of London’s reformers rapidly soured as British law struggled to protect the settlers’ interests and failed to protect Aboriginal lives and birthrights. This is the first study of the stories behind the court appearances
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Our heart is the Land: Aboriginal reminiscences from the Bruce Shaw records a history of oppression and deprivation, disease and exploitation, but also celebrates the survival of a rich culture, and the growth of political awareness and community self-management. |
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Our Place, Our Music: Aboriginal music: Australian popular music in perspective, Volume 2 Surveys the latest developments in Aboriginal music across Australia and traces some of the historical influences which have shaped it. |
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Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli Is the story of a unique twentieth-century Territorian. At times a racehorse owner and jockey, a buffalo-hunter and pastoralist, Paddy Cahill’s contribution to Northern Territory life also includes farming on his Oenpelli property. |
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Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson In Paddy's Road, Kevin Keeffe brings us stories of Dodson's life woven from interviews, government archives and family stories. |
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Palm Island: Through a long lens This is an outstanding contribution to Indigenous history — especially the history of Palm Island. Watson has made great use of historical records, media reports, discussions with Palm Island people alive today, and historical recollections from family members. — Stephen Hagan |
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Past and Present: The Construction of Aboriginality This book examines Aboriginal identity in various forums - discourse, education, juvenile institutions, geographic locations, in terms of myths and in land rights actions. |
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Race Matters: Indigenous Australians and 'Our' Society This diverse collection of articles explores the double burden of racial discrimination and the denial of indigenous rights that Australian Aboriginal people continue to carry. |
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Reaching Back: Queensland Aboriginal people recall early days at Yarrabah Mission Taking us back to Yarrabah Mission, two generations of Aboriginal people relive the days in Queensland under the Act. |
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Reading Doctor's Writing: Race, politics and power in Indigenous health research 1870–1969 Reading Doctors’ Writing is a book for every Australian who reads or writes health research about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. |
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Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice Widely regarded as one of the great Aboriginal leaders of the modern era, Rob Riley was at the centre of debates that have polarised views on race relations in Australia: national land rights, the treaty, deaths in custody, self-determination, the justice system, native title and the Stolen Generations. |
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Scars in the Landscape: A register of massacre sites in western Victoria, 1803–1859 This register of massacres and killings of Aboriginal people discovered during Ian Clark’s doctoral research into western Victoria covers the period 1803 to 1859. |
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Scholar and Sceptic: Australia Aboriginal studies in honour of L. R. Hiatt A scholar of Aboriginal society, Les Hiatt is a sceptic regarding all forms of received wisdom, whether in academic anthropology or in Aboriginal affairs. |
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Seeking Racial Justice: An insider's memoir of Aboriginal advancement, assimilation and integration support groups, 1938 to 1978 This is Horner's tribute (himself an active participant) in FCAATSI, to his fellow white warriors in the Aboriginal advancement movement. |
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Settlement: A history of Australian Indigenous housing This book traces the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing from the multiplicity of shelters used in pre-invasion times to the extraordinary cottages built by Victorian missionaries |
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Social Anthropology and Australian Aboriginal Studies: A contemporary overview A collection of independent assessments on a range of topics relating to the social anthropology of Aboriginal studies. |
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The Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies The Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies presents original and provocative views on the complex and dynamic social lives of Indigenous Australians from an historical perspective. |
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Something Special: The inside story of the Katherine West Health Board Tells the story of a unique and successful ‘experiment’ in which the delivery of health services in the Katherine region in the Northern Territory were ‘handed over’ to ‘a group of grassroots-oriented Aboriginal people’. |
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Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders Stars of Tagai is about life among the blue-water people of the Torres Strait Islands - the title is drawn from the myth of Tagai which belongs to all Torres Strait Islanders. |
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Tables of Composition of Australian Aboriginal Foods This is the first comprehensive set of tables of composition of Australian indigenous foods, compiled with the help of the original Aboriginal users and Bush tucker Man's Major Les Hiddens. |
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Thinking Black: William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines' League Thinking Black tells the story of Cooper and the Australian Aborigines’ League, and their campaign for Aboriginal people’s rights. |
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Treaty: Let’s get it right! This collection of essays was commissioned by ATSIC and AIATSIS to stimulate discussion and debate about a treaty. |
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Trustees on Trial: Recovering the stolen wages Ros Kidd uses official correspondence to reveal the extraordinary extent of government controls over Aboriginal wages, savings, endowments and pensions in twentieth century Queensland. |
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Two-way Aboriginal schooling: Education and cultural survival Stephen Harris explores the theoretical concept of bicultural schooling and its practical implications in the classroom. |
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Uncommon Ground: White women in Aboriginal History Uncommon Ground brings together a unique collection of essays about the complex roles played by white women in Australian Indigenous histories. |
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Unfinished Constitutional Business? Rethinking Indigenous self-determination Unfinished Constitutional Business? provides a comprehensive international exploration of self-determination. |
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Unwritten Histories In this witty and satirical revisiting of Australia’s heroic past, Cormick rediscovers the contributions of Indigenous Australians that have always remained unrecorded and unacknowledged, Australia’s unwritten histories. |
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Very Big Journey: My Life as I Remember It Very Big Journey tells of Hilda’s bush childhood, and her forced removal from a loving family to the rigours of life in the Kahlin Home for half-caste children. |
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When the Dust Come in Between: Aboriginal Viewpoints in the East Kimberley prior to 1982 |
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White Christ Black Cross: The emergence of a Black church Noel Loos frames the churches’ missionary outreach to Aboriginal people within the reality of frontier violence, government control, segregation and neglect. |
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Whitening Race: Essays in social and cultural criticism Whitening Race creates a new intellectual space that investigates the nature of racialised conditions and their role in reproducing colonising relations in Australia. |
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The World of the First Australians: Aboriginal traditional life past and present The comprehensive bibliography lists over 800 references which provide a detailed and authoritative introduction to Aboriginal traditional life, past and present. |
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Woven Histories: Torres Strait Islander Identity, Culture and History A collection of essays that communicates the unique histories and cultures of Torres Strait Islanders to a broad audience. |
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Writing Never Arrives Naked: Early Aboriginal cultures of writing in Australia In Writing Never Arrives Naked, Penny van Toorn engages our minds and hearts. Her academically innovative book reveals the resourceful and often poignant ways that Indigenous Australians involved themselves in the coloniser’s paper culture. |
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Yuendumu Everyday: Contemporary life in remote Aboriginal Australia Gracefully and cogently, Yasmine Musharbash opens up the world of everyday life of Warlpiri people at Yuendumu, the pressures and satisfactions of a life dominated by the immediacy of others, and the extraordinary mobility of persons making their way through the physical and social spaces of their world. — Fred Myers |
